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Q & A: Volume of Water after Freezing | Department of Physics | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Q: what is the % increase in volume when water changes from liquid to solid
- patrick struzynski (age 45)
East Aurora,n.y. USA
A: Dear Patrick,
The answer to your question is that, in general, a given volume of liquid water at room temperature will increase in volume by about 9.05% after freezing. Most materials do the opposite, that is, the solid form of most substances is more dense than their liquid form.
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So, 100 cubic meters of ice = about 109 cubic meters of water when it all melts.
It's also interesting to note that ice floats on water, so I'm not sure how that factors into the equation in terms of potential sea level rise once it's all gone. I couldn't easily find a 'total volume of arctic sea ice' number.
Some links to scientific organizations tracking facts on arctic sea ice.
SOTC: Sea Ice | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Polar Science Center » PIOMAS Arctic Sea Ice Volume Reanalysis
Seasonally, a portion of it melts and then recovers. What we are seeing is less and less recovery and time goes on I think.
Q: what is the % increase in volume when water changes from liquid to solid
- patrick struzynski (age 45)
East Aurora,n.y. USA
A: Dear Patrick,
The answer to your question is that, in general, a given volume of liquid water at room temperature will increase in volume by about 9.05% after freezing. Most materials do the opposite, that is, the solid form of most substances is more dense than their liquid form.
===
So, 100 cubic meters of ice = about 109 cubic meters of water when it all melts.
It's also interesting to note that ice floats on water, so I'm not sure how that factors into the equation in terms of potential sea level rise once it's all gone. I couldn't easily find a 'total volume of arctic sea ice' number.
Some links to scientific organizations tracking facts on arctic sea ice.
SOTC: Sea Ice | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Polar Science Center » PIOMAS Arctic Sea Ice Volume Reanalysis
Seasonally, a portion of it melts and then recovers. What we are seeing is less and less recovery and time goes on I think.
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